# Ikea bulbs slower than other brands? **URL:** \ **Category:** Devices\ **Created:** [October 23, 2022, 4:28am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-bulbs-slower-than-other-brands/71020 "2022-10-23T04:28:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tiwas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/tiwas/32/10066_2.png) [@Tiwas](https://community.homey.app/u/Tiwas)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2022, 4:28am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-bulbs-slower-than-other-brands/71020/1 "2022-10-23T04:28:27Z")
My Ikea bulbs are rrrrrrrrreally slow to react some times. Does anyone know if this is an Ikea problem? Zigbee? Are there any other zigbee devices that react faster? Wifi? I wanted to try wifi the other day, but living in an apartment building with _lots_ of wifi traffic I have some wifi hiccups now and again and was unsure if it would be wise… ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2022, 6:23am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-bulbs-slower-than-other-brands/71020/2 "2022-10-23T06:23:29Z")
What is “rrrrrrrrreally slow”? It’s not an inherent IKEA problem, I’ve never had issues with IKEA lights being slow. ---
**Author:** ![Tiwas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/tiwas/32/10066_2.png) [@Tiwas](https://community.homey.app/u/Tiwas)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2022, 7:04am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-bulbs-slower-than-other-brands/71020/3 "2022-10-23T07:04:43Z")
Up to 15-20 seconds at the worst. But…could be 2.4GHz problems, as there are lots of wifi routers here in the building. ---
**Author:** ![Dijker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dijker](https://community.homey.app/u/Dijker)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2022, 7:14am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-bulbs-slower-than-other-brands/71020/4 "2022-10-23T07:14:47Z")
And is this IKEA Trådfri directly connected with zigbee to Homey? Or are you using [IKEA Trådfri Gateway App for Homey | Homey](https://homey.app/a/com.ikea.tradfri.gateway) ---
**Author:** ![Tiwas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/tiwas/32/10066_2.png) [@Tiwas](https://community.homey.app/u/Tiwas)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2022, 7:26am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-bulbs-slower-than-other-brands/71020/5 "2022-10-23T07:26:56Z")
They’re all connected directly. The delay seems to be slightly shorter if I control them directly, but in flows it doesn’t seem to matter if I just have the one Ikea bulb or several devices. ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2022, 7:41am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-bulbs-slower-than-other-brands/71020/6 "2022-10-23T07:41:33Z")
What’s the load on your Homey? See [Homey Developer Tools](https://tools.developer.homey.app/tools/system), search for `loadavg`. ---
**Author:** ![Tiwas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/tiwas/32/10066_2.png) [@Tiwas](https://community.homey.app/u/Tiwas)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2022, 8:19am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-bulbs-slower-than-other-brands/71020/7 "2022-10-23T08:19:51Z")
2.12,2.06,1.86 ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2022, 8:23am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-bulbs-slower-than-other-brands/71020/8 "2022-10-23T08:23:41Z")
If you have a relative new Homey Pro (the dual-core one), your system is slightly overloaded. If you have an older Homey Pro (the single-core one) your system is quite overloaded. ---
**Author:** ![Dijker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dijker](https://community.homey.app/u/Dijker)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2022, 8:30am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-bulbs-slower-than-other-brands/71020/9 "2022-10-23T08:30:15Z")
As said, by Robert try to lower the load. check the number off apps and there load. And check that flows aren’t looping or continues ( unnecessary) running. Try to prevent sending unnecessary signals ( fe send off to a light that was already off over and over again ) ---
**Author:** ![Tiwas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/tiwas/32/10066_2.png) [@Tiwas](https://community.homey.app/u/Tiwas)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2022, 7:15pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-bulbs-slower-than-other-brands/71020/10 "2022-10-23T19:15:18Z")
Thanks. What numbers should I be looking for? I’ll see if I can get rid of some apps… EDIT: I have the 2019 version, by the way ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2022, 8:07pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-bulbs-slower-than-other-brands/71020/11 "2022-10-23T20:07:57Z")
> [@Tiwas](#): > > I have the 2019 version There’s 2 versions of that 😉 > ![Screenshot from 2022-10-23 22-06-43](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/6/5/654307ec8e7fc7c1a5060f0f60f488ba9add8a3a.png) ---
**Author:** ![Tiwas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/tiwas/32/10066_2.png) [@Tiwas](https://community.homey.app/u/Tiwas)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2022, 10:09pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-bulbs-slower-than-other-brands/71020/12 "2022-10-23T22:09:40Z")
Ah, right. I didn’t get the pro… How should I read the load, and what should I aim for? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2022, 11:17pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-bulbs-slower-than-other-brands/71020/13 "2022-10-23T23:17:26Z")
My avg load atm: `loadavg [0.86, 1, 1.06]` but that is just the current value; When I look in Insights, it hardly reaches less than 1 (100%) ![Screenshot from 2022-10-24 01-14-22](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/3/4/341d17d1f3ecdba7accfe4b8bac6b79ace2a4fb5.png) First try to temporary disable as much apps which you don’t really need, and then check insights after a while. What I also do is: enable an app when it is needed (like checking on the flowers) and disable it the rest of the day.